#A8AE34#A8AE34

#A8AE34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.141 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AE34
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 52)
HSL	hsl(63, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(63, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 70.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, -17.33, 58.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 61.11, 106.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% -0.0533 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.141 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9053, 38.8456, 9.0654)
Luminance	0.3885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AE34 #3A34AE

analogous

#AE7734 #A8AE34 #6BAE34

triadic

#A8AE34 #34A8AE #AE34A8

tetradic

#A8AE34 #34AE77 #3A34AE #AE346B

square

#A8AE34 #34AE77 #3A34AE #AE346B

split-complementary

#A8AE34 #346BAE #7734AE

monochromatic

#4D5018 #7B7F26 #A8AE34 #C6CC53 #D6DA83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#A8AE34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#A8AE34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AE34

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AE34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AE34	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA620

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ae34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.141 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c673',
    500: '#a8ae34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ae34;
$custom-light: #c5c673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ae34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.951,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72369,
    "c": 0.14105,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AE34

secondary

#7E7BC3

accent

#4ADD52

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AE34

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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